List of presidents of the Canadian Pacific Railway Limited explained

The heads and corporate officers of the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Presidents

List of CPR presidents since 1881:

• 1881-1888 Sir George Stephen, 1st Baron Mount Stephen Bt. GCVO ^[1]
• 1889-1899 Sir William Cornelius Van Horne KCMG
• 1899-1918 Sir Thomas George Shaughnessy, 1st Baron Shaughnessy KCVO
• 1918-1942 Sir Edward Wentworth Beatty GBE
• 1942-1947 D'Alton Corry Coleman CMG
• 1947-1948 William Merton Neal^{[2] [3]}
• 1948-1955 William Allan Mather KGStJ
• 1955–1964, 1966 Norris Roy Crump CC ^[4]
• 1964-1966 Robert A. Emerson^[5]
• 1966-1972 Ian David Sinclair OC
• 1972-1981 Frederick Stewart Burbidge OC ^[6]
• 1981-1996 William W. Stinson
• 1996-2001 David P. O'Brien OC
• 2001-2006 Robert J. Ritchie
• 2006-2012 Frederic J. Green
• 2013–Present Keith Creel

Chief Executive Officer of CPR

Before 2017 the CEO was a separate title and thereafter held by the president of the company.

• Keith Creel 2017 - Present
• E. Hunter Harrison 2012-2017
• Frederic J. Green 2006-2012
• Robert J. Ritchie 1995-2006
• Ian Barry Scott 1985-1995

Notes and References

1. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1887/05/27/100914288.pdf "British Columbia and Japan,"
2. https://www.nytimes.com/1948/01/02/archives/canadian-pacific-aids-immigration-units-added-to-transatlantic.html?sq=canadian+pacific&scp=25&st=p "Canadian Pacific Aids Immigration; Units Added to Transatlantic Fleet, Others Now Planned to Convey Manpower,"
3. Web site: Bothwell . Robert . William Merton Neal . thecanadianencyclopedia.ca . The Canadian Encyclopedia . 7 April 2023.
4. https://select.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf? res=F00F16F9385E107B93C7A9178ED85F418585F9 "Takes Throttle at Canadian Pacific,"
5. https://select.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F60D11FD3A541A7493C7A81788D85F428685F9 "R.A. Emerson Dies; Headed Railroad; Canadian Pacific President, 54, Started at Bottom,"
6. http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/Deaths.20130507.93319701/BDAStory/BDA/deaths "Obituary: Frederick Burbidge."